David Denis Aldridge

David Denis Aldridge (1928-2008), received his PhD from the University of London (1971) and was a Lecturer in History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1967 until his retirement in 1993. He published a number of articles on British naval history and economic relations between Britain and the Baltic in the early modern period. He was Chairman of the Nordic History Group of the United Kingdom until he passed away.